The Universal Spirit of Islam From the Koran and Hadith

by Fitzgerald, Michael Oren; Fitzgerald, Judith

• ISBN13: 9781933316161
• ISBN10: 1933316160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-24
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

This small, beautifully illustrated book demonstrates through quotations from the oldest Islamic sources that Islam respects the prophets and accepts the truthfulness of other religious traditions.

Table of Contents

References to multiple religions	p. 1
General	p. 2
The last days	p. 39
The day of judgment, paradise, and hell	p. 45
Ancient messengers from God	p. 46
Adam	p. 47
Noah	p. 51
Hud and the people of Ad	p. 52
Salih and the people of Thamud	p. 52
Shuaib and the people of Midian	p. 55
The Abrahamic tradition	p. 56
Abraham	p. 57
Lot	p. 61
Joseph	p. 63
Ishmael, Enoch, Elisha, Ezekiel, and Job	p. 64
Judaism	p. 68
Moses and Aaron	p. 69
David	p. 82
Solomon	p. 88
The children of Israel	p. 88
Christianity	p. 90
The story of Jesus' life	p. 91
Jesus	p. 95
The Virgin Mary	p. 99
John the Baptist	p. 100
Christians	p. 102
"People of the book" (Jewish Torah, Christian Gospels, and Koran)	p. 104
Universal truths from the Koran	p. 110
Additional Koranic citations	p. 142
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